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Where does “contrasto” come from?

contrasto (Italian) comes from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

contrasto (Italian): obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;...

Definitions

  1. obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;...

Ancestry of “contrasto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancontrastareto oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to...
2Latincontrāstāre—
3Latincontrā—
4Latinubī—
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—
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